A month of reflection. This year has been one of unknowns and many of you will probably agree it’s been a year where we have tried to carry on with covid by our sides, it hasn’t been too intrusive and that seemed okay until today, when all those covid concerns lurking at the back of my brain came flooding to the front, as the government makes wearing a face mask compulsory again.
Onto news which I don’t write about too often and that is each day I am able to do what I love, to sketch, paint and to be creative. It doesn’t matter what’s thrown at me, I always reassuringly have this to come back to, a gift I never take for granted.
I have been working with a few colours, which will be a staple for future paintings, it’s taken a long time to decide on a minimal paint palette, similar to the colours in the above photo, but I feel I’ve made the right decision and if not, hey I can always make a change.
A collaboration Festive garland workshop was held on the 25th in Hastings between Angela from Botany, Rose from Butlers Emporium and myself. Beautiful photos were taken of the event by Jeska from Lobster and Swan. There is an instagram post on the 28th, where I’ve written a little more about the evening. More workshops are are in the pipeline, so please sign up to the newsletter below if you would like to be the first to know.
Most of this month has been taken up with working and experimenting with mark making techniques from tools made from materials found in nature. It’s been really enjoyable, so I’m planning to develop this way of working and to incorporate this into more of my workshops.
Until next time, Keep snug and well.
